The issue focused on whether the $30-million in the 2011 budget would go towards federal programs or whether it should come from the defence department. Defence cannot spend on political projects or projects beyond its core mandate because it must be funded by annual budgets submitted to parliament.


Military personnel alone have been in the spotlight in recent years after it emerged that about 2,200 soldiers were attending a number of National Defence parties over the past couple of years.


On Friday, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan